If there’s one activity every author should at least try, it’s reviewing books. The book can be ten years old or newly released, but the process remains the same. The fundamentals which constitute an entertaining story have changed little in the last hundred years—you may even be of the opinion Read more…
Most people who dream of being writers imagine themselves as novelists, or, if they have the confidence, as filmmakers or screenwriters. While books are, and will always be, the most traditional form of storytelling, there are a number of mediums in which a writer can create. Some authors even take Read more…
Harry Potter is famous for it’s whimsical world and it’s colourful characters, but Rowling was by no means the first author to employ such a writing style. Before we had Hogwarts or Privet Drive, there was Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, a giant peach, and a hotel which hosted a nasty Read more…
Like most fantasy worlds, Tolkien’s Middle Earth is complicated…and with such complexity, it raises a few questions. Many of these center around how everything actually works: who can have kids and who can’t, and why? Others are raised by the author himself, through lore or the stories; certain characters are Read more…